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31apostrophe — apostrophe1 [ə pɒstrəfi] noun a punctuation mark ( ) used to indicate either possession (e.g. Harry s book) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. can t; 1 Jan. 99). Origin C16: via late L., from Gk apostrophos, from apostrephein turn away …
32apostrophe */ — UK [əˈpɒstrəfɪ] / US [əˈpɑstrəfɪ] noun [countable] Word forms apostrophe : singular apostrophe plural apostrophes linguistics the symbol used in writing. In English, it marks the possessive form of a noun, for example Bob s car , or a place where …
33apostrophe — I a•pos•tro•phe [[t]əˈpɒs trə fi[/t]] n. the sign ( ), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o er for over, or pronounced, as in gov t for government; to indicate the possessive case, as… …
34apostrophe — 1. n. a punctuation mark used to indicate: 1 the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. can t; he s; 1 Jan. 92). 2 the possessive case (e.g. Harry s book; boys coats). Etymology: F apostrophe or LL apostrophus f. Gk apostrophos accent of elision f …
35apostrophe — apostrophe1 apostrophic /ap euh strof ik, stroh fik/, adj. /euh pos treuh fee/, n. the sign ( ), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o er for over, or pronounced, as in gov t for… …
36apostrophe — [17] Apostrophe comes originally from the Greek phrase prosōidiā apóstrophos, literally ‘accent of turning away’, hence, a mark showing where a letter or sound has been omitted. Apóstrophos itself was derived from the compound verb apostréphein,… …
37apostrophe — The principal functions of the apostrophe are to indicate omitted letters (don’t, can’t, wouldn’t) and to show the possessive (strictly, the genitive) case (John’s book, the bank’s money, the people’s choice). Two types of error occur with some …
38apostrophe — Апостроф (Apostrophe) Надстрочный разделительный знак в виде запятой на верхнюю линию [воображаемая линия, проходящая по верху прописных], употребляющийся для обозначения пропуска гласного. Используется также в алфавитах разных языков как… …
39apostrophe — [[t]əpɒ̱strəfi[/t]] apostrophes N COUNT An apostrophe is the mark when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in isn t and we ll . It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in Mike s car ; see… …
40apostrophe — I. /əˈpɒstrəfi / (say uh postruhfee) noun the sign ( ) used to indicate: 1. the omission of one or more letters in a word, as in o er for over, halo d for haloed. 2. the possessive case, as in lion s, lions . 3. certain plurals, as in several MD… …
